Kittila

• First gold was poured at Kittila on January 14, 2009 and commercial production was achieved on May 1, 2009. The Kittila orebodies were initially mined from two open pits – Suuri (beginning in 2008) and Roura (2010) – with underground operations added in October 2010.
  
  • The open pits were mined out in November 2012, and since then, mining has been entirely underground in the Suuri, Roura and Rimpi areas of the Main Zone.
  
  • In February 2018, the Board approved an expansion to increase throughput rates at Kittila to 2.0 million tonnes per year from 1.6 million tonnes per year. This expansion included the construction of a 1,044-metre deep shaft, a processing plant expansion as well as other infrastructure and service upgrades. 
  
  • Shaft sinking was completed in the third quarter of 2022 and the construction and commissioning of a nitrogen removal plant was completed in the fourth quarter of 2022. The installation and commissioning of the production and service hoists was completed in the third quarter of 2023.
  
  
• In early 2023, the Company signed an agreement for clean electricity which ensures that 100% of the electricity consumed at the mine site is produced by wind or nuclear power.

For more details and the latest information on the Kittila mine, see the most recent quarterly news release.